He claimed that a golden opportunity to inspire a generation of youngsters is potentially being missed because of a cut in National Lottery funding.

 

Writing in an article published today in The Daily Telegraph, Robertson said: "Logically, any sports legacy plan should break down into three areas.

 

"The first is the use of the Olympic Park.

 

"Current plans lack an overarching sports-based theme and there is still no credible tenant for the main Olympic Stadium alongside its athletics use.
 

"Secondly, it is important that our key summer Olympic sports see a tangible legacy from London hosting the Games.

 

"For sports such as sailing, who have developed their high-performance centre at Weymouth, that legacy is obvious.

 

"For others, such as shooting, it is less certain.

 

"Finally, we need to deliver on our commitment to inspire more young people.

 

"The reason why this has proved so difficult is that the amount of National Lottery funding going directly into sport has fallen from £461 million in 1997 to £217 million last year."

 

Robertson promised that the distribution of National Lottery funding would be overhauled if the Tories win the General Election next year.

 

He wrote: "The Conservative Party will restore Lottery funding and use it to concentrate on schools and communities.

 

"It will build on the work by The Youth Sport Trust to reinvigorate competitive sport and examine the successful Kent School Games to see if this can be rolled out as a National Schools competition.
 

"On the community side, we will examine the scope for a Lottery based 2012 Community Sports Fund, using the successful New Opportunities in PE and Sport (NOPES) programme, and the excellent work by the Football Foundation.

 

"We will look to mirror successful schemes, such as The Mayor and Kate Hoey’s London Community Sports Plan and use the 70,000 Games volunteers as a resource legacy for sport."